[3] While studying under Reed, Fish served as register of probate for Windham County, and edited the Bellows Falls Times newspaper.
[3][4] A Republican, from 1890 to 1896, Fish served as the collector of taxes for both the Vergennes city government and its school district.
[4] Fish resigned as state's attorney to accept a federal appointment as a national bank examiner, a post which he held until 1908.
[6] In 1908, Fish became a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in Vermont's 1st District, but withdrew after local party caucuses indicated a preference for incumbent David J.
[11] In April 1926, Fish was appointed to succeed William H. Taylor as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
[14] On March 15, 1892, Fish married Mary Jane "Minnie" Lyon (1862-1949) of Waterbury, Vermont.